More than 100 residents filled the Old Steeple in Ferndale tonight for a public meeting with Terra-Gen, the company proposing to build a wind farm on Bear and Monument ridges in the Scotia area.

The meeting gave residents an opportunity to speak with company officials about the project that is expected to provide up to 36% of Humboldt County’s energy needs, according to Natalynne DeLapp, a spokesperson for Terra-Gen.

“It is through our public engagement that our projects are made better,” she told those in attendance.

She gave a presentation outlining the project, its potential benefits as well as the impacts.

The project involves building up to 60 turbines on the Scotia area ridges, which will generate up to 155 megawatts of energy. That wind energy will flow down transmission lines to a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. substation in Bridgeville. The transmission of the energy will reduce the output to 135 megawatts, the maximum capacity the substation can receive.

DeLapp explained the limitations on the substation mean Terra-Gen does not have future plans to expand the wind farm.

“The substation cannot take any more energy,” she said.

She said the company looked at more than 100 locations across California as a potential site.